“Some fought with other girls; some are still fighting here. One had done the thing to a boy because he asked her to: this story holds much interest for ...

Victoria Park Parkrun started just a couple of months ago and offered us the opportunity to collect a V for our alphabet challenge – Newbury is less ...

It was a bit of a concern when we set off for our weekend in Bridgwater to learn that Storm Claudia was planning on joining us. Last time we booked a ...

“I’m not sure, memory is a tricky thing it might be the product of too much time and loneliness. We have to make up stories, to believe them, to live ...

“Each of us is born with a pair of scissors, a needle, and thread. What do we do with them? We cut and mend and stitch. Do we know what we’re doing? Of ...

On a cool but sunny Sunday in early June, daughter and I drove to the pretty Cotswold market town of Fairford for their annual 10k race. Organised by ...

On a sunny morning in early May Edward was excited to pack his bag and travel to beautiful Cornwall. Although not a shire, our adventurous bear ...

They Stole Our Hearts, by Daniel Kraus (illustrated by Rovina Cai), is the sequel to They Threw Us Away. Having read the first book in this proposed ...

“Poetry has, I believe, made me more like the person I’ve always aimed to be – not better than anyone else, but better than the person I would otherwise ...

May started with a long weekend in Cornwall where husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We stayed at the lovely Talland Bay Hotel, on the ...